Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-04
000105980
Contested design: 001945197-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0019451970001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TAGO Przedsiębiorstwo Przemysłu Cukierniczego Tadeusz Gołębiewski
Poland (PL)
Ciemne ul. Wołomińska 125, 05-250 Radzymin, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dr Gerard Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Poznańska 129/133, 05-850 Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
chocolate-covered wafer bar
Prince polo wafer · YouTube; www.auchandirect.pl; www.icelandnews.is · disclosed 2011-03-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested wafer-bar RCD lacked novelty and individual character over earlier designs, especially the 'Prince polo wafer' disclosed online and on YouTube before filing.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure, arguing the webpages and video showed only part of the product, lacked reliable dating, and did not prove a consistent earlier appearance.
- ›The Division accepted the combined web evidence and later clarifying photos, found broad designer freedom for wafer bars, and treated the extra visible layer as insufficient to alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; the RCD was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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